Life-boat



UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. LA BAW, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

LIFE-BOAT.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 14,565, dated April 1, 1856.

To all (whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. LA BAW, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Life-Boats; and hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, letters, and figures thereof, making part of this specification.

Of the said drawings Figure 1, shows a side elevation of my improved life boat. Fig. 2, denotes a top View of it. Fig. 3,

shows a vertical section of the carriage.

Fig. 4, is an end view of the carriage showing the door, and ports for Ventilation. Fig. 5, shows an inside end view of the end of the boat which contains air chambers.

Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in all the drawings.

Nearly all the boats which have heretofore been employed for this purpose are liable to be swamped by heavy seas and rendering perilous the condition of passengers by throwing them out and also making their condition of great exposure by being obliged to remain in the water.

The object of my invention is to obviate in a measure these perils, and produce a boat which shall to a great extent provide for the safety and comfort of the passengers.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention .I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the side of the boat; B, B, are the ends of the outer boat which contain the air chambers, c, c, are the seats; D is an inside end view of the boat showing the air chambers as seen in Fig. 5; E shows an end view of the carriage or inner boat seen in Fig. 4L; F, F are ports for ventilation; G is a door for entrance to the cabin; H shows the space between the seats and hold of the boat; I, I are the air chambers as seen in Fig. 5; J, J are the pivots which attach the carriage to the outer boat; K is the hold; a., a, c, a, are the oar locks for rowing.l

The sides of the boat are constructed so that the top and bottom are the same as shown in Fig. l and properly arranged to receive the carriage or inner boat, containing the seats c, o, as plainly shown in Fig. 2, which carriage is hung on pivots at J J. At each end of the carriage or inside boat there are cabins E, into which passengers can pass through the door G, (which may be made of glass in order to render the apartment light) and thus escape the exposure of a rough sea, the port holes F, F, allowing sufficient ventilation. In ordinary cases when the sea is not rough the inner boat or carriage may be fastened by any proper device to the outer boat. I would here remark that material better calculated to render the inner boat more portable may be employed.

Operation: The passengers being in the carriage or inner boat, are quite secure, for should a heavy sea strike the outer boat and completely reverse it-the inner boat or carriage retains its upright position as the pivots allow the outer boat to rotate freely,

while the top or bottom present the oar' locks and the same means of propulsion. The cabins are arranged with seats as shown in Fig. 3, for the purpose of rendering those who may not be required to work the boat protection from the exposure of water and cold.

Having thus described my improved life boat, I claim Arranging the carriage or inner boa upon pivots so as to allow the outer boat to rotate over and around the inside boat or carriage, which always retains an upright position, when constructed and operated substantially as described.

GEO. WV. LA BAV. [1.. s] Titnesses WM. POWELL, GEO. S. RILEY. 

